After a week of growing in
the garden The fungus in drying over a radiator tonight prior
to being posted to Key Gardens for examination. The central picture
above shows the fungus in situ with the soil cut away to show
its position in the hole. It was deeper than I thought.
You can see several small growths
near the bottom right, they are magnified in the right-hand image.
I saw these last week and they do not appear to have grown at
all since then. The left-hand image shows the base of the stem
(stipe) and the white mass of mycelial strands that 'blend' into
the soil. They did not seem to be in contact with any particular
object.
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